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Census Tract · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally

Paramount Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037553902 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,826

06037553902 is a census tract in Paramount, CA. It scores 8.4/10 for landlords. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 31% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,592
Renter share69.3%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$71,053

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 11 tracts In Paramount
Moderate
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#1,548 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Low
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#2,744 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
National
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#5,730 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Paramount and the region

Centroid at 33.8851, -118.1531 · click any tract to drill in

Why Paramount scores 8.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Paramount
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$2,077 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Paramount
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Paramount
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Paramount
7.3

How Paramount compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Paramount risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.48.4This tracttract 553902Paramount: 7.97.9Paramountparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Paramount

Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $71,053, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. 69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Food insecurity runs 28.5% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 23.9% against 15.2% nationally. At $2,077 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Paramount commands.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Los Angeles. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 93rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037553902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037553902?

Census tract 06037553902 in Paramount scores 8.4/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037553902?

Median gross rent is $2,077/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037553902?

13.5% of residents in tract 06037553902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,826.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037553902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 72th, minority 95th, housing 76th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06037553902 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.7% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06037553902 compare to Paramount overall?

Tract 06037553902 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of Paramount at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Paramount; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 06037553902 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Paramount

Top eight tracts in Paramount ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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